For instance, Japan currently has no clear legal framework covering birth registrations or handling of family registers in ...

An alarm sounds as soon as a baby is placed inside, with a staff member coming to collect the child within 30 seconds. “Such tragic incidents as newborns being deserted, and fatal child abuse ...

Japan opened its first baby hatch, called Konotori no Yurigago, or stork’s cradle, nearly two decades ago in 2007, in Jikei ...

A Tokyo hospital on Monday became the Japanese capital's first medical institution to offer a system allowing the safe, anonymous drop-off of infants by parents unable to raise them.

The hospital will work with authorities to figure out the best plan of action for the baby, including sending them to foster homes. Hitoshi Kato, head of San-ikukai hospital, said at a press ...

Beginning 1 p.m. the same day, women can anonymously drop off their babies up to four weeks old round the clock at a place in San-ikukai Hospital in the Kinshicho district, the second "baby hatch" in ...

A hospital in Tokyo’s Sumida Ward opened a “baby hatch” for parents to anonymously leave newborn infants in the care of social welfare agencies. The baby hatch at San-ikukai Hospital is the second ...